Integrative Assessment

Dr. Andrew Gersten is a private practitioner specializing in the assessment and treatment of children with emotional and behavioral disorders. Since his internship training at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center Developmental Clinic in 1986 he has provided cognitive and psychological assessments of children—pre-school through adolescence. He has worked in community mental health as a therapist, assessor, and supervisor and has consulted to elementary and middle schools on school climate, behavioral program development and special education services. In addition, Andy is a teacher, presenter, supervisor, and researcher. He has been teaching in counseling programs for over 19 years. Andy is currently adjunct faculty at Antioch University New England where he has been teaching Assessment: Principles and Methods and Psychopathology: an Ecological Approach since 2008. Prior to Antioch he was an Associate Professor of Counseling at Rivier College, Nashua, New Hampshire, where he taught graduate students in school and mental health counseling and teacher education programs. His courses included: Assessment and Appraisal, Theories of Counseling, Human Development, Child Therapy, Techniques of Counseling, Fundamentals of Research, and Professional Issues and Orientation. He has presented at regional and national counseling and psychology conferences on various topics including: DSM-5, counselor intentionality, school counseling models, and Interpersonal problem solving. Dr. Gersten has co-authored several articles on the affects of shift work on sleep and well-being and counselor intentionality. A member of: the American Counseling Association, Association of Counselor Education and Supervision, New Hampshire Psychological Association, and American Psychological Association his current research focuses on the development of intentionality in counselor trainees.

Chapter 1: Introduction to Psychological Assessment

Chapter 2: Ethical and Legal Considerations: Preparing for the Assessment

Chapter 3: Interviewing adults and youth: Principles, Methods and Skills

Chapter 4: Exploring Presenting Problems, Readiness for Change, and Risks and Resources

Chapter 5: Observations, Inferences, and Behavioral Assessment

Chapter 6: Psychological Tests and Measurement Concepts

Chapter 7: Reliability and Validity

Chapter 8: Personality and Interest Measures

Chapter 9: Assessing Psychopathology: Mood and Anxiety Disorders

Chapter 10: Child and adolescent measures


Chapter 11: Standardized Risk Assessments: Suicide and Dangerousness to Others

Chapter 12: Assessing Substance Use Disorders

Chapter 13: Assessment of Intellectual and Cognitive Abilities and Achievement

Chapter 14: Assessing the Therapeutic Alliance

Chapter15: Putting it All Together